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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Wish Upon A Star Blog Hop

I made my wish and it happened. Another hop. I love them, they're such a fun way to spend time with quilty buddies. Welcome one and all. Thanks go to Carol for this one where the only requirement was that your piece, no matter what it is, contains at least one star.OK, my piece contains a hum dinger of a star.

I started this quilt last summer when a guild sister asked if some of the members could make a lap size/ afghan size quilt for the military members of the church where we hold our guild meetings. This would be an on going project.I said yes and got the top finished within the week. Got it sandwiched during the next week and then I hit a huge snag. I do very basic machine quilting. I usually don't have issues so I generally never look at the back of the piece as I fly along. HUGE mistake. When I finished quilting the first half of the quilt I looked at the back as I flipped it to work the other end. OOOOOOPS. The entire back of the first half of the quilt was ruffled. I apparently broke my walking foot and never noticed.I took the mess and folded it up for another day.Fast forward to Carol's announcement of this hop. It was just the push I needed to pull this thing out after 6 months or so and rip, rip, rip and then turn it into a wonderful gift for a Veteran.

This quilt was made using the pattern idea from Mary who is involved with the Heart Strings Quilt Project. She shares her patterns and pattern ideas for use for Charitable projects. I loved this idea.

This is the second or third time I have made this particular star quilt.

Ok, as all of you regulars know, I am a bit of an over achiever. I will admit that up until 3 weeks ago this quilt was all I planned on posting for this particular hop.

Well 3 weeks ago I heard of a member to member class being offered by The Quilt Guild of the Villages. The class was for quilts using the HST.

The class was on May 12 and one of the options was a Star Quilt, such wonderful timing. I was able to get the top completed just in time for this post.

The quilt used the better part of 2 charm packs. I chose a couple of sweet packs full of little boy stuff, you know, trucks and cars and planes. The only problem with this quilt is that I don't have little boys in my life. So this top will probably remain folded up unquilted for the time being waiting for just the right little boy to need it.

Sorry about the quality of these pictures and the problem of the gray washing out the other light colors but as with so many of you, we've really had nothing but clouds and rain, not exactly great photo weather.

Thanks for stopping in but now its time for you to travel on and check out the other posts for today and any you may have missed yesterday. I am including the list of all of the participants in this wonderful event.

Have fun and enjoy all of the terrific ideas presented by these oh so talented quilters.

Both of these quilts are stunning! I am so impressed that you used the blog hop to spur you to rip out all that quilting. I love your colour placement in that quilt. Thanks for the links to that pattern. What are the dimensions of the second quilt? Both quilts look great for donation quilts.

Selina, you are always a shining star in my life and you never disappoint with your "over achieving." I saw the first quilt and thought it was a quilt I'd love to make. It's so beautiful...glad you used your ripper on it to bring it back to life! Then I saw that second star quilt. Wow! I love the design and fabrics in it. You definitely shined on this hop! Thanks for playing along sweet lady. :O)

Good Morning,Well your beautiful quilt was so worth pulling it out and finishing it up! It is gorgeous - I just love the navy fabric you chose. I think your quilting looks great. Your second project is equally as nice and I love how it came together.Happy Tuesday! ~smile~ Roseanne

A huge congrats on all the ripping! Nothing is more frustrating than having to take things apart, even more so when your half way thru it! It would have likely sat in a bag here for eternity! LOL!! That new star quilt is awesome. I might have to look into making one like that myself! Hummm.... more inspiration!!!!! :-)

Oh, I am so glad to read that I am not the only one whose projects get sidelined when I hit a snag. Great finish on that one. Take the time to quilt that other star quilt now - rainy days don't come, it's lovely, and it'll be ready when you need a gift.

Good for you for picking out the the stitches on the first quilt ... I know how difficult that can be ... and frustrating. You did good! The sweet little boy's star quilt is wonderful. Great job! Thank you for sharing :)

Once again I'm marveling at your generosity. But what a good opportunity you had to fix the quilting mis-stitches! I'd take advantage of that motivation as well. I especially like your workshop quilt, and think it will be a great gift for a boy. Funny though that you have no boys in your life, and that's all I have! It's always good to see what you're up to. Thanks for sharing!